When Was The Last Time You Flew?
4
Intermediate
In this lesson you will:
- Improve your ability to talk about the last time you flew.
Listen and repeat these phrases with your tutor.
- 5 and a half hours
- 12 hours
- 3 quarters of an hour
- 10 minutes
- half an hour
- 55 minutes
Let's Practice
Put the items on the list in order from the longest amount of time to the shortest.
Listen and repeat these words with your tutor. If you don't know a word, ask your tutor to read the definition and example sentence.
food
Noun
passenger
Noun
drink
Noun
flight attendant
Noun
pilot
Noun
seat
Noun
in-flight entertainment
Noun
ticket
Noun
Let's Practice
Tell your tutor which of the vocabulary items are objects and which are people.
For example:
Listen and repeat these words with your tutor. If you don't know a word, ask your tutor to read the definition and example sentence.
crowded
Adjective
enjoyable
Adjective
fine
Adjective
long
Adjective
awful
Adjective
tiring
Adjective
uncomfortable
Adjective
horrible
Adjective
Let's Practice
Tell your tutor which of the vocabulary items are positive and which are negative.
Can you think of any more words to describe air travel? If so, tell your tutor! If not, go to the next exercise.
Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor, then answer the questions.
Teacher When was the last time you flew, Walter? | |
Walter The last time I flew was about a year ago. I went to Paris. | |
Teacher Was it a long flight? | |
Walter Yes. It was about 14 hours. | |
Teacher How was the flight? | |
Walter It was horrible! | |
Teacher That's no good! Why was it so bad? | |
Walter It was long and the seats were small, so it was very uncomfortable. I didn't sleep at all. Oh, and the food was awful too. | |
Teacher Was there anything you did enjoy about the flight? | |
Walter The in-flight entertainment was OK. There were some good movies to watch. And the flight attendants were very friendly. |
Check Your Understanding
1.
When was the last time Walter flew?
2.
How long was Walter's flight to Paris?
3.
What did Walter enjoy about the flight?
Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence, then read it aloud.
1.
When was the last time you ?
- A.flew
- B.flying
- C.flight
2.
I to New York.
- A.going
- B.goes
- C.went
3.
How was the flight?
- A.long
- B.is
- C.longer
4.
It was about 4 .
- A.hours
- B.hour
- C.minute
5.
It enjoyable.
- A.were
- B.was
- C.am
6.
was it horrible?
- A.Why
- B.What
- C.Was
7.
What didn't you about the flight?
- A.enjoy
- B.enjoyed
- C.enjoying
8.
food was awful.
- A.In
- B.A
- C.The
Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor and fill in the blanks. You will be Jim.
Teacher When was the last time you flew, Jim? | |
Jim The last time I (1) was about a month ago. I (2) to Kyoto. | |
Teacher Was it a long flight? | |
Jim Not really. It was (3) 5 and a quarter hours. | |
Teacher How was the flight? | |
Jim It (4) very enjoyable. | |
Teacher That's good! Why was it enjoyable? | |
Jim The food and drink (5) good. (6) other passengers were friendly and the flight attendants were helpful. | |
Teacher What didn't you like about the flight? | |
Jim Well, the seats were a little (7). |
Choose answers from the options below that fit in blanks 1 to 7
Answer Pool (Questions 1-7)
- The
- about
- were
- went
- flew
- uncomfortable
- was
Put the words into the correct order.
1.
When last time you flew was the?
2.
The crowded flight was.
3.
long was flight the How?
4.
10 It hours about was.
5.
kind The attendants flight were.
6.
uncomfortable It was and long.
7.
The were small seats.
8.
great in-flight entertainment The was.
Ask your tutor these questions.
1.
When was the last time you flew?
2.
Where did you go?
3.
Was it a short flight?
4.
How was the flight?
5.
What did you enjoy about it?
6.
What didn't you enjoy about it?
Answer using the language you have learned in this lesson. Talk about yourself!
1.
When was the last time you flew?
2.
Where did you go?
3.
Was it a long flight?
4.
How was the flight?
5.
What did you enjoy about it?
6.
What didn't you enjoy about it?